Each of the lights is presented as a precept "good-for-everybody". The nine lights are as follows:[2]
History[edit]
The Nine Lights Doctrine was first published in 1965 as a political pamphlet,[4] but by 1978 it evolved into an ideology presented in a book of 672 pages.[2] The nine light doctrine was included into the party program of the Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party in 1967,[5] which later changed its name and evolved into the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in 1969.[5] Fikret Eren further elaborated on the Nine Lights Doctrine and explained that the national societalist ideology was different than both socialism and capitalism which he claimed would exploit the majority of the population.[3] He demanded the creation of ten percent farmer villages in Turkey which then would produce for the local population.[3] The membership in workers unions would have to be mandatory, but not under the control of the state.[3]